CBSE Questions for Class 9 History Socialism In Europe And The Russian Revolution Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

Lenin used the slogan "All power to the soviets!" to oppose the Provisional Government led by Kerensky. Based on the Bolshevik view of the state, the word soviet extended its meaning to any overarching body that obtained the authority of a group of soviets.

"Wage Labour and Capital" is an essay on economics by Karl Marx, written in 1847 and first published in articles in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in April 1849. This essay has been widely acclaimed as the precursor to Marx’s important treatise Das Kapital.

On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, was published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League.

• In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites.
• The Reds were made up of Bolsheviks and was led by Trotsky.

• Russian Tsar Nicholas II wanted Russia to be powerful and so he looked for expansion in the East and Manchuria.
• This led to a war with Japan in 1904 which Russia lost. Nicholas was blamed for the defeat.

• After the death of Alexander III in 1894, his son Nicholas II became the Tsar of Russia.
• He tried to rule Russia alone and wanted to make it powerful.

• In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Bolshevik rule.
• They were led by Generals Yudenich and Denikin and Admiral Kolchak.